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Kennedy pulled into the Fred Meyer parking lot at Wellsian Way and Aaron Drive, making a wide turn into the oncoming lane of traffic and turned left into the parking lot from the right lane, the officer wrote.

The officer detected a strong odor of intoxicants when he contacted Kennedy, Cobb said.

Kennedy also had red and watery eyes and failed some field sobriety tests, documents said. A breath test at the scene showed a blood alcohol level of 0.13. A second test administered at the Benton County jail showed a blood alcohol level of 0.147, documents said.

The legal limit for when someone is considered too drunk to drive in Washington is 0.08 percent.

Kennedy was arrested and booked into the jail on suspicion of DUI.

His attorney, Terry Preszler of Kennewick, could not be reach Tuesday afternoon for comment.

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